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14 MARINE REVIEW ENGINE ROOM OF THE S&S. S. ALGIC—JAN. 6, 1927—FOUR DAYS AFTER RETURNING FROM A FIVE MONTHS VOYAGE TO THE FAR EAST—FIRST ASSISTANT ENGINEER AT CONDENSATE PUMP NO. 2 TABLE IV Wages on 9. 5S. Algic—Shipping Board Scale Deck Department Per Month 1—Captain 1—Chief officer 1—Second officer 1—Third officer 1—Radio operator 1— Boatswain 8 Able seamen at $62 2—Ordinary seamen at are sus) Oi Eo 2—Coo 3 Weck at $42.00 22—Total in deck department... $1991. Engine Department Per Month I—Chief engineer. j 1—First assistant engineer. 1—Second assistant engineer. . 1—Third ot Me sleuead, 3—Oilers at $72.5 3—Watertenders > ‘$72.50... 2—Wipers at $57.50 3—Firemen at $65.00 .. 91505. 15—Total in engine room crew. Total—Officers and crew on §.S. Algic—37 _ Total wages per month $3496.00. of this line at Baltimore, Norfolk, Boston and St. John, N. B. Seven ships are also operated by the same company for the shipping board to Australia via the Panama canal and across the Pacific. Recently these ships have been routed so that the return trip will be via India and Suez canal. Two round voyages a year is the schedule called for in the India serv- ice. The itinerary after leaving New York is as follows: Port Said; Suez; Aden, Arabia; Karachi, India; Bom- bay; Colombo, Ceylon; Madras; Cal- cutta; Coconada; then homeward bound, Bombay; Karachi; Suez; Port Said; New York and Philadelphia and sometimes to Baltimore, Norfolk, Boston and St. Johns, N. B. Fuel oil enough is put on board in New York to carry the vessel with proper margin of safety to Aden, Arabia on the outward trip, where enough fuel oil is taken on to complete all calls at Indian ports and return through the Suez canal to Port Said where sufficient fuel is again put on to complete the voyage to New York. Considerable saving in canal dues is made by this procedure, in that the double bottom tanks are empty when passing through the canal. Cargo taken out from the United States is of miscellaneous manufac- March, 1927 tured products. For instance, such as automobiles, refrigerating and other machinery, chemicals and dry- goods. As a rule the vessels in this line sail with full cargo. Cargo is booked for all ports mentioned ex- cept Port Said and Suez. When there is any available parcel post to Egypt and India it is also carried. On the return trip the ships of this line are always fully loaded. Chrome ore and copra is loaded at Madras; manganese and bales of burlap and raw jute, at Calcutta; sacks of castor beans from which castor oil is made, at Coconada; miscellaneous products, but mostly Persian rugs, ivory nuts used for making buttons, etc., mirab- lan nuts used for making dice, and goat skins, at Bombay. Coconada as a port of call is par- ticularly interesting in that vessels are required to anchor in the open sea approximately ten miles off the port. All cargo is handled from lighters which come out to the ship. These lighters are small sail boats manned by Chinese coolies who also act as stevedores, operate the winches, and take over the entire business of cargo handling. Approximately 150 of them are used for each ship. They bring their own food which is fish and rice and prepare it them- selves on deck and sleep on deck. In bad weather the ship may be held up a number of days as the lighters can not come close. It is even necessary sometimes for the ship to go further out to sea and keep un- der way to weather the storm. The coolie longshoremen are paid _ the equivalent of 13 cents a day. Direct responsibility for the up- keep of the shipping board vessels allocated to the Roosevelt Steamship Co. rests on Paul R. Smith marine superintendent. For good results it is necessary to depend upon the of- ficers of the ship. The excellent rec- (Continued on Page 40) TABLE V S. S. Algic—Summary of Voyage Reports (Performances were not recorded in this manner for voyages prior to Voyage No. 9) Voyage No. 9 ates ep ike 2/10/25 [24 2/2/25 Hours in port Bbls. fuel total in port Bbls. fuel total for voyage Obs. speed Wheel knots .M Fuel 24 hrs. at sea bbls.. In port bbls Lbs. fuel, obs. miles Sea eff. per cent Port eff. per cent Weather rough per cent * Tn tons for this voyage. 38.6 13 14 8/26/25 1/16/26 wes 1/6/26 de ny 1/2/27 22907 21730 1469.2 1817.4 1719 263 10 11 12 7/20/25 36.0